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Assignment - Non-consequential ethical analysis
In this assignment you must analyse the same ethical question.
a) Identify the act central to your ethical question. (Note: you are analysing the ethics of this specific act.)
b) Identify 2 virtues relevant to the morality of the act central to your specific ethical question. Define each virtue in no more than one sentence.
c) Discuss the morality of the act central to your ethical question by comparison with your 2 chosen virtues.
d) Apply Kant's categorical imperative by completing the following tasks. You need to support any yes/no answers with reasons.
i) Define a specific rule which authorises the act central to your ethical question.
ii) Define the general rule which authorises the act central to your ethical question.
iii) Is the general rule inherently self-contradictory? Why or why not?
iv) Does the general rule violate Kant's practical imperative or any of Kant's other absolute moral rules?
v) Is the general rule contrary to its fundamental purpose?
vi) Is the act ethical according to Kant's ethical system?
e) Provide an ethical conclusion by comparing your conclusions from the act utilitarian analysis in Assignment 1 Part A, your virtue ethics and Kantian analyses in Assignment 1 Part B, and drawing on your own ethical conscience.
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